Intelligence Officer
| Posting date: | 06 January 2026 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £30,276 to £32,613 per year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 21 January 2026 |
| Location: | Newcastle Upon Tyne, Tyne & Wear |
| Remote working: | On-site only |
| Company: | Northumbria Police |
| Job type: | Permanent |
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Summary
Salary: Band 6, £30,276 – £32,613
Location: Etal Lane Police Station
Hours/Contract: 37 hours per week, permanent
The role
Here at Northumbria Police, we think our region is amazing! It takes a great deal of people from different backgrounds, with diverse skills and experience to serve our force area effectively, think you have what it takes to help us make a difference? This could be the perfect time for you to join us in our Force Coordination and Operations Department as an Intelligence Officer.
This role involves working with Detective Constables and Constables within the Force Intelligence Bureau (FIB) to deliver critical intelligence functions for Northumbria Police, other forces, and partner agencies. As a first responder, innovative thinking and accountability for threat, harm, and risk information are essential. You will be required to apply the T.H.R.I.V.E. procedure (Threat, Harm, Risk, Investigation, Vulnerability, and Engage) to safeguard and protect.
The role demands specialised knowledge, experience, and the ability to operate under high-pressure situations with little warning.
What you’ll do
- Intelligence Development: Gather, research, evaluate, and analyse information from various sources, ensuring compliance with national legislation and maintaining data accuracy.
- Surveillance/Telecoms Applications: Complete and maintain applications for surveillance and telecoms authorities, conducting risk assessments and adhering to relevant legislation.
- Crime stoppers: Analyse anonymous intelligence from the public, create referrals for safeguarding, and prepare submissions for most wanted persons to assist in justice efforts.
- Intelligence Briefings: Promote FIB within the force and external agencies by providing intelligence briefings to ensure high standards and understanding of processes.
- Serious Crime Analysis Section (SCAS): Research and analyse intelligence related to serious sexual offences, contributing to linking offences across the UK and ensuring accurate information collation.
What you’ll bring
- Accreditation required via completion of Portfolio – Intelligence Professionalisation Programme by College of Policing.
- Being trained and having the knowledge to conduct open-source monitoring and capturing is essential to fulfil this role.
- Being able to plan and organise comprehensively is essential in this role.
- Confident to problem solve and use your own initiative to carry out the roles and responsibilities within the role.
- Teamwork is essential, not only within the team but with the wider force and partner agencies to ensure each task is completed and intelligence is recorded and shared appropriately.
We know it’s important for you to feel that you’re not only part of a great team, but part of a community. We welcome applications from suitably qualified people from all sections of the community, regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, and sexual orientation.
Harnessing these differences creates a productive environment in which everyone feels valued, and their talents are fully utilised. Appointments are based on merit alone.
Just so you know
Our application form will help us understand how your work, education and life experience has prepared you for the role of an Intelligence Officer with #TeamNP. To help support your application research what makes us tick here at Northumbria, the role you’re applying for and the values and behaviours that contribute.
The recruitment process will consist of the initial application form followed by a face to face interview. Just so you know, you can save your application and come back to it any time prior to the closing date on the advert.
We are proud members of the Business Disability Forum, with whom we collaborate with to improve the lives of disabled employees. We are also a Disability Confident Employer, therefore if you demonstrate that you meet the minimum criteria for this role as stated in the advert, we will progress your application and offer you an interview.
If you tell us that you have a disability, we can make adjustments to support you through the recruitment process (for example we can arrange extra time for tests or provide a sign language interpreter) You can get in touch with us via careers@northumbria.police.uk for any support regarding the application process. Please provide us with plenty of notice so we can ensure your visit goes smoothly.
If your application is successful, we’ll ask you to complete a Management Vetting (MV)/ Security Clearance (SC) form, therefore you must be a resident of the UK for a minimum period of 5 years to ensure vetting checks can be successfully performed. A job offer will be dependent upon vetting clearance, medical information, and references.
Terms of appointment
This is a permanent role subject to a six-month probationary period.
If you are successful in your application, you will have a six-month probation period with us where you will be unable to apply for any other post advertised internally or externally.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.
Location: Etal Lane Police Station
Hours/Contract: 37 hours per week, permanent
The role
Here at Northumbria Police, we think our region is amazing! It takes a great deal of people from different backgrounds, with diverse skills and experience to serve our force area effectively, think you have what it takes to help us make a difference? This could be the perfect time for you to join us in our Force Coordination and Operations Department as an Intelligence Officer.
This role involves working with Detective Constables and Constables within the Force Intelligence Bureau (FIB) to deliver critical intelligence functions for Northumbria Police, other forces, and partner agencies. As a first responder, innovative thinking and accountability for threat, harm, and risk information are essential. You will be required to apply the T.H.R.I.V.E. procedure (Threat, Harm, Risk, Investigation, Vulnerability, and Engage) to safeguard and protect.
The role demands specialised knowledge, experience, and the ability to operate under high-pressure situations with little warning.
What you’ll do
- Intelligence Development: Gather, research, evaluate, and analyse information from various sources, ensuring compliance with national legislation and maintaining data accuracy.
- Surveillance/Telecoms Applications: Complete and maintain applications for surveillance and telecoms authorities, conducting risk assessments and adhering to relevant legislation.
- Crime stoppers: Analyse anonymous intelligence from the public, create referrals for safeguarding, and prepare submissions for most wanted persons to assist in justice efforts.
- Intelligence Briefings: Promote FIB within the force and external agencies by providing intelligence briefings to ensure high standards and understanding of processes.
- Serious Crime Analysis Section (SCAS): Research and analyse intelligence related to serious sexual offences, contributing to linking offences across the UK and ensuring accurate information collation.
What you’ll bring
- Accreditation required via completion of Portfolio – Intelligence Professionalisation Programme by College of Policing.
- Being trained and having the knowledge to conduct open-source monitoring and capturing is essential to fulfil this role.
- Being able to plan and organise comprehensively is essential in this role.
- Confident to problem solve and use your own initiative to carry out the roles and responsibilities within the role.
- Teamwork is essential, not only within the team but with the wider force and partner agencies to ensure each task is completed and intelligence is recorded and shared appropriately.
We know it’s important for you to feel that you’re not only part of a great team, but part of a community. We welcome applications from suitably qualified people from all sections of the community, regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, and sexual orientation.
Harnessing these differences creates a productive environment in which everyone feels valued, and their talents are fully utilised. Appointments are based on merit alone.
Just so you know
Our application form will help us understand how your work, education and life experience has prepared you for the role of an Intelligence Officer with #TeamNP. To help support your application research what makes us tick here at Northumbria, the role you’re applying for and the values and behaviours that contribute.
The recruitment process will consist of the initial application form followed by a face to face interview. Just so you know, you can save your application and come back to it any time prior to the closing date on the advert.
We are proud members of the Business Disability Forum, with whom we collaborate with to improve the lives of disabled employees. We are also a Disability Confident Employer, therefore if you demonstrate that you meet the minimum criteria for this role as stated in the advert, we will progress your application and offer you an interview.
If you tell us that you have a disability, we can make adjustments to support you through the recruitment process (for example we can arrange extra time for tests or provide a sign language interpreter) You can get in touch with us via careers@northumbria.police.uk for any support regarding the application process. Please provide us with plenty of notice so we can ensure your visit goes smoothly.
If your application is successful, we’ll ask you to complete a Management Vetting (MV)/ Security Clearance (SC) form, therefore you must be a resident of the UK for a minimum period of 5 years to ensure vetting checks can be successfully performed. A job offer will be dependent upon vetting clearance, medical information, and references.
Terms of appointment
This is a permanent role subject to a six-month probationary period.
If you are successful in your application, you will have a six-month probation period with us where you will be unable to apply for any other post advertised internally or externally.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.
Proud member of the Disability Confident employer scheme
Disability Confident
About Disability Confident
A Disability Confident employer will generally offer an interview to any applicant that declares they have a disability and meets the minimum criteria for the job as defined by the employer. It is important to note that in certain recruitment situations such as high-volume, seasonal and high-peak times, the employer may wish to limit the overall numbers of interviews offered to both disabled people and non-disabled people. For more details please go to Disability Confident.